OT: Wordpress 2.3 Update Problems and Solutions
I recently upgraded this blog to wordpress 2.3. I’ve never had problems upgrading before but this time comments didn’t work and I lost all my categories.
What I did.
First I took the blog back to wp 2.2.3 and checked everything was ok - comments now worked but still no categories. So I decided to try and reinstall wp 2.3. While it was uploading I googled the problem and found that the old version of the google sitemap plug-in was not compatible and in addition some themes were causing problems.
I downloaded the latest sitemap plug-in and a new 2.3 compatible theme. Once 2.3 was uploaded I changed theme and checked the comments. My categories were back and comments worked. So it must have been my theme or a plug-in. I activated all plug-ins one by one, checking that comments worked each time. I then switched my theme back (I really like this one) And fingers crossed, so far everything seems to be working ok. Since wp2.3 works with my old theme I can only conclued that if it wasn’t something odd that I did, then the problem was the google sitemap plug-in, which now updated, works fine. 
One thing I didn’t like with wp2.3 was the incoming links in the dashboard. It seems they are now being pulled from google blogs rather than technorati. I followed (easy) instructions from the wordpress support fourm and now my dashboard shows incoming links from technorati again.
It seems I need to tweak this theme to add tag support. I’m still unsure whether I will do this or not. I might wait and see how tags work on other blogs before deciding their value.
October 8th, 2007 at 3:11 am
I’ve been trying to pluck up courage to upgrade so this post is good for me, maybe I’ll find the nerve to do it soon!
October 8th, 2007 at 4:11 am
I always find it a scary thing to do. Good Luck!